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Why am I not surprised?

A Dubuque Branch Trumpvidian Herald had a letter to the editor this morning from some moron about how he was all worried about socialism. And he brought up Amana as a reason why we should put up with fuck stick capitalism. Of course this fucking idiot wants to ignore how Amana was bought out by larger corporations like Whirlpool and a lot of people got laid off as recently as this year. Of course the dumb fuckstick has a I got mine so fuck you attitude.

I'm re-watching the TOS episode The Ultimate Computer right now and something just occurred to me after the scene where M5 makes recommendations about a landing party. I got to wondering how the other COs in the various Trek series would've reacted to being told they were non essential personnel? Especially Janeway? I remember in Q2 the death glare Janeway gave the replicator when it told her to make coffee herself.

Former Dubuque teacher Andrew Roos has resigned.

It just pains me so much how he turned out given what great people his parents were.

This morning the parish I go to used the Eucharistic Prayer from Enriching Our Worship 3. Something that started buzzing around the organic computer during services today was what would the absolute minimum be required for the consecration and the prayer to be valid. Would it just need to be the parts where Jesus spoke of the bread and wine. Or would more be required.

Keep in mind that it's not something I would want but I was just curious what would be required. Just a religious itch that needs scratching for me.

I'm curious as to exactly when Dukat became the Bajoran anti-Christ? Was it prior to Tears of the Prophets, or was it some time between then and Covenant? After re-watching Tears of the Prohpets it seems to me that he wasn't the anti-Christ quite yet, but was someone who saw the Pah-Wraiths as a useful ally against the Federation and Captain Sisko. In Covenant he was the true believer and Jim Jones type.

I pretty much skipped the third season of Enterprise altogether because I didn't feel like watching a whole season where we all pretty much knew that Earth would ultimately survive. The only episode I liked from that season was North Star.

I really liked the fourth season, however as the show was starting on a birth of the Federation series of mini-arcs. Such as moving to turn Vulcans into ones more like Spock, or explaining why the Klingons were different in TOS, or how the Romulans were a threat. Even the human anti-alien extremist episodes were good and showed humanity had a way to go before reaching the ideals of later series.

My question is if they had skipped the Xindi arc altogether or shortened it up a lot and moved at least some of the birth of the Federation into the 3rd season could that have been enough to have kept the series from getting cancelled early? And prevented that abomination called "These are the Voyages" from ever progressing beyond brainstorming?

I'm at the point where I think I'm just going to go low or no contact with my sister and her husband. Next week when they come up to visit I'm thinking of just being out of town then so I don't have to be around them anymore. Not that they'd notice anyways. I'm just done with my entire family. If I had the financial ability and a good paying job I'd move from Iowa to someplace out east. Maybe out to Rhode Island or upstate New York. (I would have said Connecticut too but I've already said I was looking for jobs out there to them and I think I wouldn't want to make it easy for them to find me). And not tell my family my new address or anything else.

Between the 3rd and 7th seasons it looks like more families returned to the stations with their children. So my question is if the school was ever reopened? Either by Keiko or someone else ?

Looks like we're in for a heat wave this week. I know some communities like Dubuque are opening cooling centers to help deal with the extreme heat.

I remember we had a similar heat wave about 20 years ago. My job was in computer operations at the time so I would often wear clothes more appropriate to fall or winter when I had to work. For good reason too as the computer rooms were kept really cool. As in the mid 60s. I remember one time I wore a long sleeved flannel shirt when it was in the mid 90s because of my work and getting some funny looks by others.

Iowa has been blocked from restricting foods and sugary drinks in SNAP.

>A federal judge said Iowa cannot block SNAP recipients from buying sugary foods and drinks with their benefits.

>Iowa wanted to use SNAP rules to push people toward healthier choices. But the judge said the state and the USDA went too far.

>The program restricted all foods with sales tax exemptions from being purchased using SNAP benefits. That included items such as soda and candy, as well as some foods families rely on, including certain granola bars, fruit strips and prepackaged salads.

>Kathy Underhill, CEO of the Des Moines Area Religious Council, said the state had the right idea but did not consult local food advocates.

Good. I hope it holds up.

>As the 2026 general election nears, Iowa’s airwaves have been consumed by political attack advertisements, while concerns of physical attacks have come up in campaigns and the Iowa Statehouse.

>A bipartisan group of former and current officeholders is encouraging civility in order to change the mood of politics statewide, advocating for civic participation and civil interactions with people who think differently.

>Scott Raecker, executive director of the Robert D. and Billy Ray Center at Drake University, said the rise of social media has led to incivility in everyday life, especially in political conversations.

How do you all think he would've handled turning 60? Since he was born in 2341, he would've had hit the big six-zero during the final season of Picard. Did he get as bent out of shape about that milestone or turning 40 or 50?

Given what a huge back end of a horse Solok from Take Me Out to the Holosuite is, something just occurred to me? It seemed that Solok was behaving more like a Romulan than a Vulcan so I've been wondering over the past couple days if he was another Romulan deep cover agent? Sort of like Selok, who was a spy who pretended to be a Vulcan ambassador?